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UW Students Organize Against Budget Cuts
12 hours ago ago from Publicola
When Governor Christine Gregoire released her all-cuts budget on Wednesday , it was no surprise that it included cuts to higher education. However, the level of cuts—$20.9 million from the University of Washington and $146.4 million for the state Need Grant, which provides education funding to more than 12,000 students—are alarming, even to the pessimists. Couple these proposed cuts with the 25 percent cut in state funding from last ...
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15 hours ago ago from The Daily of the University of Washington - Latest News
In response to the hits to financial aid proposed in Gov. Christine Gregoire’s 2010 supplemental budget, student activism was the prevailing theme of discussion between legislators, UW students, faculty and staff during the ASUW annual pre-session legislative reception on Wednesday. “Statistics are nice, but the stories of everyday students are very compelling,” UW President Mark Emmert said in his address. “We need to tell the stories ...
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17 hours ago ago from Facing South
Yesterday the National Conference on State Legislatures released a report on how the recession is hitting state budgets, and the news was grim: "The states are facing nearly unprecedented declines in revenue collections," said William Pound, executive director of the NCSL. "Coupled with probable declines in federal stimulus support over the next two year, the state fiscal picture is bleak. We're heading into an era of retro budgeting, where ...
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8 hours ago ago from Coventry Today
While the average tuition increase for commuters and residential students at the Connecticut State University System is $477 and $950, respectively, local students will shell out more. Students at Eastern Connecticut State University will pay an extra $537 for commuters and $1,005 more for residential students. CSU trustees Thursday voted in favor of the increase during a regular board meeting in Hartford. Fifteen of the 17 ...
Related contentGOP leaders warn Kaine not to put tax hikes in the state budget...
9 hours ago ago from The Shad Plank
The ranking Republicans in the General Assembly have come together to pen a letter to outgoing Gov. Timothy M. Kaine asking that the Democrat not put tax increases in the final state spending plan, due out next week. One of the final important duties of the departing governor is building a blueprint for the next two years of state spending. It gives the incoming governor a framework to build on and re-shape and keeps a new administration ...
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Utah Gov. Herbert proposes no new taxes in budget
11 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Utah Gov. Herbert proposes no new taxes in budget SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah Gov. Gary Herbert's proposed $11.3 billion budget doesn't include any tax increases, but he isn't promising to veto a budget that includes them. Herbert released his budget recommendations Friday, saying an economic recession is the worst time to raise taxes or fees that could stunt economic development as the state tries to crawl out of one of its worst-ever ...
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16 hours ago ago from PopEater
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -Alabama's public schools spent nearly $222 million more than they received in revenues in the last fiscal year, which required raiding their savings accounts and borrowing money to keep doors open and teachers paid during the recession. State Superintendent of Education Joe Morton called what happened "an economic tsunami" and he's fearful the 2010-2011 school year will be "the most difficult yet." State education officials ...
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19 hours ago ago from PopEater
HARRISBURG, Pa. -Plans collapsed Thursday for a vote in the state House of Representatives on a bill to expand legalized casino gambling in Pennsylvania and deliver more tax revenue to the cash-strapped state. With legislative approval of more than $700 million for several universities tied to passage of the bill, partisan finger-pointing erupted. Meanwhile, the state's largest university, Penn State, warned that school operations were ...
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23 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
BERLIN -- German Finance Minister Wolfgang Sch uble is set to finalize the new government's first budget, which will be based on record debt levels and a gloomy outlook for public finances. In a meeting with his counterparts from Germany's 16 states, Mr. Sch uble presented figures that put his government's net debt requirement at 86 billion ($126.6 billion) for next year -- more than twice the 37.5 billion predicted for this year. ...
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